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Lori - 29 Jul 2005 04:04 GMT

When I save to cd I can not play it in my dvd player it is a new dvd player
that supports high mat and video cds. I can play the cd in my computer in
windows media player but to send one to some one who doesn't have a computer
they can't use it. what do I do to save it in a format that most dvd players
will host.

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NOTEKY - 29 Jul 2005 06:18 GMT

I am assuming that you don't have a DVD burner.

If you want 1/2 decent quality and you want to be able to "produce"
something every DVD player will play, I would suggest buying a DVD burner
that is capable of burning both + and - discs.

Nowadays they are inexpensive and really are a must have in any system. But
your computer needs some processing power otherwise "rendering" (the computer
making the movie) will take forever.

If you've got the equivalent of a P4 1.4 or higher, buying a burner that, 1)
will burn both + and - discs and 2) comes with a good software program (make
sure the burner comes with a good software program) will solve your problem
and you will be able to produce 1/2 decent quality DVD's.

All DVD burners come with software that will allow you to edit your material
and burn the final product to a DVD in the format DVD players understand.

Before you burn your final movie to a disc, have whoever you intend to give
it to look at the manual for their DVD player to see what type of discs the
player will play. If it will play -R you burn your final movie onto a -R
disc, if it will play +R you burn your final movie onto a +R disc. The format
of the movie is the same in either case, it's just the disc type that is
different.

You can't make CD's or DVD's that DVD players will understand using Movie
Maker, it does not have that capability. So don't waste your time using it if
the result you want is to play your movie in a DVD player.

I wouldn't mess with the CD formats VCD or SVCD because the quality of the
end result isn't worth the effort.

DVD is the way to go.

NOTEKY

> When I save to cd I can not play it in my dvd player it is a new dvd player
> that supports high mat and video cds. I can play the cd in my computer in
> windows media player but to send one to some one who doesn't have a computer
> they can't use it. what do I do to save it in a format that most dvd players
> will host.

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Graham Hughes - 29 Jul 2005 10:50 GMT

Although dvd is definately better quality, if you can't afford to go that
route you are left with SVCD or VCD. (super video cd or video cd)

Use the burning app which came with the cd writer, Nero/Roxio?? and check
out their help files for how to burn a vcd.
Or check the web, see here for nero tutorials and faq, both very easy to
follow.
http://www.nero.com/eng/Support.html
Not every dvd player will play either the vcd or svcd, or even home burnt
dvd's so it still is a little hit and miss, but overall about 95% of your
audience should be able to view them.
In quality range, vcd is the lowest, but you can fit quite a bit on a cd,
svcd is the next, fitting about half as much as a vcd on a cd, dvd is the
best.
The dvd player has to be HiMat *Video* compatible to play the MM cd's and
not many are, so I'd forget this route.

Graham

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